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The refuge began as an Army plant and storage depot for ammunition during Word War II and went on to play a significant role in history as the site where the first U.S. missiles were destroyed, the beginning of the end of the nuclear arms race.

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In 2013, 47 paddlefish raised at nearby Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery were implanted with transmitters and released into the Big Cypress Bayou as part of the Big Cypress Bayou American Paddlefish Restoration Project.

In 1993, portions of the area that are now the Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge became the 13th site in the United States designated as "wetlands of international significance" under the Ramsar Convention.